Association of Texas Professional Educators
 
 

2009-10 ATPE Grant for Teaching Excellence
(In Memory of Christa McAuliffe)

Prior Year Award Recipients

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The ATPE Grant for Teaching Excellence, created in memory of Christa McAuliffe, acknowledges outstanding and creative ATPE members who develop programs or proposals intended to improve the quality of education for the children in their classrooms.

Two cash awards of $1,000 are presented each year, one to an elementary-level applicant and the other to a secondary/middle school-level applicant.

Criteria and guidelines

  1. Each applicant must be an ATPE member.
  2. Applicants must use the 2009-10 application.
  3. Applicants must indicate on the form which category they are entering: elementary or secondary/middle school.
  4. Applicants should include an itemized cost analysis of all components of their proposals; an itemization of additional funds, if any, to be used for their proposed programs; and an explanation identifying the source of these funds.

Judging process
A committee of ATPE members is selected each year by the state president and approved by the Board of Directors. This judging committee will review all applications and select one recipient for each category. Recipients will be notified of their winning and receive their grant checks in December 2009. Recipients’ completed projects will be featured in an audiovisual presentation shown at the Leader U Awards Dinner in July 2010. ATPE staff members will arrange a visit with each recipient in May 2010 to take photos and video of the project for the Leader U presentation.

Timeline

  1. Entries for the ATPE Grant for Teaching Excellence must be postmarked by Nov. 6, 2009, if mailed, or received by midnight on the same day if faxed.
  2. Recipients will receive instructions in May 2010 for making travel arrangements for Leader U 2010. (Recipients will be reimbursed for one night's accommodations. Registration fees will be waived. Travel and actual expenses will be reimbursed by the state office per the guidelines that will be mailed with recipient verification.)

Application Form (MS Word file)
Application Form (PDF file)